William Gerald Williams (Contributed by Limestone County Sheriff's Office)

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Alabama - An Athens man was arrested today after a Madison County investigator notified Limestone authorities that he was downloading child pornography on his computer, Sheriff Mike Blakely said.

William Gerald Williams, 67, of 9162 Segers Road was charged with possession of obscene material. He was taken to Limestone County Jail, where he was being held on $5,000 bond.

Blakely said after his office received a call from Cathy Shaw with the Madison County Sheriff's Office about Williams' activities, Limestone Investigator Leslie Ramsey and Lt. Jay Stinnett obtained a search warrant for his home.

Inside, they discovered "multiple computers and VHS tapes" that were seized as evidence.